Britain Fights Profiteering Across Tribunals and Courts
Britain reports 1,600 tribunals prosecuting 7,360 offenders with 1,820 convictions under the profiteering act. Local and appeal tribunals in England Scotland and Wales handle complaints on prices costs and profits with central committees investigating trusts and monopolies.
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London
Associated Press’ Mail
Great Britain
England
Scotland
Wales
Board of Trade
Sir Auckland Geddes
G. A. McCurdy
Ministry of Food
McCurdy
Labor Gazette
Yarmouth Profiteering Committee
Central Committee
J. H. Thomas
G. H. Stuart-Bunning
British Trades Union Congress
Marine Corps Strength Urged by Chief's Annual Report
Maj. Gen. Barnett urges a permanent enlisted strength of 27,467 for the Marine Corps nearly doubling the prewar force. He calls early congressional action to avoid loss of temporary officers and supports permanent terms of two three and four years with higher pay for enlisted and officers. The report also proposes broadening eligibility for permanent commissions among current temporary officers.
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Marine Corps
Barnett
Congress
Washington, D. C
Shrubbery at Benton County Courthouse to Go by April
Vinton Iowa November 24 Benton county supervisors order shrubbery around the courthouse removed by April 1 The Woman's Civic Improvement association planted the shrubs six years ago at no county cost The board cites complaints that the bushes spoil the courthouse view and block winter snowdrifts while Civic members note the landscape plan by Q O C Simond cost about 700 to 800 dollars to begin and roughly 2000 total.
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Vinton
Benton County
Board of Supervisors
Woman's Civic Improvement Association
Civic Association
QO. C. Simond
Chicago
Obituary notices for Leeland Pierce Hall and Gonzales
Funeral services were held for George Leeland Leeland, pioneer farmer of Black Hawk County and Waterloo, as Edward Pierce dies of pneumonia at 62, with multiple relatives listed. Charles A Hall, former La Porte City resident, dies at St. Francis hospital. Baby Trinidad Gonzales dies at Presbyterian Hospital. services held at O’Keefe Towne with burial at Calvary.
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George Leland
Black Hawk County
Waterloo
T. B. Leeper
Cora
Hffie McCollum Jones
Webster City
The
Universalist Church
Fairview
Edward Pierce
Reber Avenue
Anna Pierce
William
Pierce
Nashua
Frank
New Hampton
Richard
C. E. Raft
Wellington Street
Charles A. Hall
la Porte City
Adams, Minn
St. Francis Hospital
R. B. Tripp
O'Keefe & Towne
Tripp
Methodist
Trinidad Gonzales
Ankeny Streat
Presbyterian Hospital
O’keefe & Towne
Calvary
Labeling Booze as Canned Music Charge for U.S. Jury Probe
Lieut. Col. Francis T. A. Junkin of Chicago was held to the federal grand jury on $1,000 bonds after arraignment before U S commissioner Foote on a charge of labeling a shipment of alcohol as music records bound for Washington D C The war contract department official faced a charge arising from mislabeling alcohol shipments as music records in a federal probe.
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Associated Trass
Chicago
Francis T. A. Junkin
War Contract Department
Washington
Federal Grand Jury
United States
Foote
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Britain
Vine
Prison
Bath
Loca
Westminster
Walton-on-Thames
Plalutid
Bangor
Galloway
Russell-Lamson Hotel
Ruby N. Elam
Crittenden & Daniela
Kemble Floral Company
Courier
Waterloo Savings Bank
U. S
E. L. Johnson
Carleton Sias
J. J. Miller
W. L. Bartling
K. L. Bragdon
Emmons Johnson
William ©. Logan
Charles A. Halt
U.S
NEW
NEMO
Hals
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